Learning organizations: Diagnosis and measurement in a developing country context: The case of Lebanon

Learning Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-74

  Jamali, Dima ^a   Sidani, Yusuf ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Learning organizations; Lebanon

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149021271     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470810842466     Document Type: Article

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